The ability can target a tapped creature. If the targeted creature is already tapped when it resolves, that creature just remains tapped and doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
Tidebinder Mage
If you gain control of the creature that’s being prevented from untapping, that creature won’t untap during your untap step for as long as you control Tidebinder Mage.
If you lose control of Tidebinder Mage between when it entered the battlefield and when the ability resolves, the target creature will become tapped. However, it won’t be affected by the other effect and will untap as normal during its controller’s untap step.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.25 and $0.26 across 43 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DDT — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #22 of *Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2017 Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins release.
Card type: Creature — Merfolk Wizard, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U}{U} (2 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #20,759 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by John Severin Brassell. Rarix catalogs 152 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. John Severin Brassell
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